PART IIIPATIENTS CONCERNED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS OR UNDER SENTENCE
Transfer to hospital of prisoners, etc.
Further provisions as to civil prisoners and persons detained under the Immigration Act 197159 F1
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a transfer direction given in respect of any such person as is described in sub-paragraph (c) or (d) of Article 54(2) shall cease to have effect on the expiration of the period during which he would, but for his removal to hospital, be liable to be detained in the place from which he was removed.
2
Where a transfer direction and a restriction direction have been given in respect of any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (1), then, if the Secretary of State is notified by the responsible medical officer, the Review Tribunal or any medical practitioner appointed for the purposes of Part II by F2RQIA at any time before the expiration of the period there mentioned—
a
that that person no longer requires treatment in hospital for mental disorder; or
b
that no effective treatment for his disorder can be given in the hospital to which he has been removed,
the Secretary of State may by warrant direct that he be remitted to any place where he might have been detained if he had not been removed to hospital, and on his arrival at the place to which he is so remitted the transfer direction and the restriction direction shall cease to have effect.